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. 1977 Feb;33(2):231–239. doi: 10.1128/aem.33.2.231-239.1977

Lipid accumulation in an oleaginous yeast (Candida 107) growing on glucose in single-stage continuous culture.

C O Gill, M J Hall, C Ratledge
PMCID: PMC170670  PMID: 848947

Abstract

Lipid accumulation of Candida 107, grown at dilution rates from 0.03 to the maximum of 0.21/h, with carbon, nitrogen, phosphate, and magnesium limitations in a chemostat, was maximal at about 40% (wt/wt) with nitrogen-limited medium at a dilution rate of 0.06/h, giving an efficiency of substrate conversion of 22 g of lipid per g of glucose consumed. At higher dilution rates the lipid content decreased. With carbon-limited growth, the highest lipid content (14%, wt/wt) was at the maximum dilution rate. High lipid contents also occurred with phosphate + nitrogen as double limitations of growth, with the lipid content of the yeast (about 35%, wt/wt) continuing to be near maximum at dilution rates also near maximum (0.17/h), thus giving the highest specific rate of lipid formation of any growth conditions (0.59 g of lipid/g of yeast per h). However, the efficiency of substrate utilization was only 5.2 g of lipid formed per 100 g of glucose consumed. The composition of the fatty acyl residues within the lipid remained constant over many weeks if the steady-state conditions remained unchanged. With carbon-limited growth, the degree of unsaturation of the fatty acids markedly decreased as the dilution rate was increased, but with nitrogen limitation the reverse trend was seen. In all cases, linoleic and oleic acids were the principal fatty acyl residues affected, and their relative proportions always varied in opposite directions. When magnesium was a limiting nutrient, there was a considerable increase in the proportion of myristic acid produced within the lipid. Neutral lipids (predominantly triglycerides) varied from 66 to 92% of the total lipid from carbon- and nitrogen-limited growth; phospholipids (varying from 2 to 25%) were highest in nitrogen-limited growth. The fatty acyl residues within each lipid fraction showed the same variations with changing growth rates.

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